Efi Foufoula-Georgiou is a Distinguished Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of California, Irvine. She is well known for her research on the applications of wavelet analysis in the fields of hydrology and geophysics and her many contributions to academic journals and national committees.
She began her career in academia as an assistant professor at Iowa State University (from 1986 to 1989). She then moved to the University of Minnesota, where she was an associate professor before earning a position as a full Professor. She later became the director of the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory. She is now a Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. She accepted a position at the University of California, Irvine in 2016, where she currently resides. She is a distinguished professor at the university and holds the Henry Samueli Endowed Chair in Engineering. She is also the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation.[2]
Foufoula-Georgiou is best known for her research within the field of Environmental Engineering, including her work with wavelet analysis and its applications in Geophysics. She is also a member of multiple national committees, including the NASA Earth Sciences Subcommittee[3] and the US Nuclear Waste and Technical Review Board.[4]
In 2018 Foufoula-Georgiou was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "For contributions to hydrology and hydroclimatology with applications to engineered systems across scales."[8][9]
In 2019, Dr. Foufoula-Georgiou was awarded the American Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Walter B. Langbein Lecture for lifetime contributions to the science of hydrology and/or for unselfish cooperation in hydrologic research.[10]
“Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology,” 2006, American Geophysical Union[12]
“A Markov Renewal Model for Rainfall Occurrences”, 1987, American Geophysical Union[13]
“Gradient Dynamic Programming for Stochastic Optimal Control of Multidimensional Water Resources Systems”, 1988, American Geophysical Union[14]
^Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi; Kumar, Praveen (1994). "Wavelet Analysis in Geophysics: An Introduction". Wavelets in Geophysics. Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications. Vol. 4. pp. 1–43. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-052087-2.50007-4. ISBN9780080520872.
^Kitanidis, Peter K.; Foufoula‐Georgiou, Efi (1988-08-01). "Gradient dynamic programming for stochastic optimal control of multidimensional water resources systems". Water Resources Research. 24 (8): 1345–1359. Bibcode:1988WRR....24.1345F. doi:10.1029/WR024i008p01345. ISSN1944-7973.
